ANN 111: Principles of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology (2+1)

REQUIREMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION

Requirement

• Lactating Cow :  6  mg / day
• Piglet                : 0.05 mg / kg feed
• Pig                    : 0.1 mg / kg feed
• Poultry
• Broiler   : 0.15 mg / kg feed
• Layer     : 0.10 mg / kg feed
• Avidin, a protein present in the raw white of eggs can induce biotin deficiency, which combines with the vitamin and prevents its absorption from the intestine.

Supplementation

• Biotin is widely distributed in foods; liver, milk, yeast, oilseeds and vegetable are rich sources